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Gosh I hate it when politicians are useless and incompetent, since it just validates the false populist propaganda that politicians can be useless and incompete
by carlosjobim 2mo ago
Gosh I hate it when politicians are useless and incompetent, since it just validates the false populist propaganda that politicians can be useless and incompetent, which is clearly not true (even in cases when politicians actually are useless and incompetent, which they of course cannot be, since that is evil propaganda).
- gmueckl 2mo agoPoliticians can be quite evil, but in a functioning democracy they need to be at least competent at gathering support and navigating the occasional backstabbing plots to make it to the highest ranks of government. So I'm hesitant to call them totally incompetent.
- zigman1 2mo agoExactly. Competent at getting votes (and taking them away from competition) and incompetent at leading and being in power.
- ab5tract 2mo agoWhat is the alternative that you are proposing? When I read something like this all that comes across is a strident desire for totalitarianism.
- logicchains 2mo agoThe alternative in this case is fewer politicians. European countries don't need another layer of politicians on top of their local institutions.
- zigman1 2mo agoThe alternative to this is being also competent at leading.
- fleroviumna 2mo ago[dead]
- rcxdude 2mo agoI hate it when politicians are useless and incompetent, since it just validates the false populist propaganda that the current politicians are only useless and incompetent (and of course the populists are totally competent).